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decries delay of government projects awarded as contracts to prominent leaders.
Jacob Ogodo, Abakaliki
Ebonyi state Governor, Chief Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has approved the payment of Seventy Thousand Naira Minimum Wage to State Civil Servants in Ebonyi.
Governor’ Nwifuru made the announcement at the grand finale of the Ojiji Izhi New Yam Festival 2024 on Saturday.
He explained that he had directed relevant government authorities to draft out modalities for the payment of the New Minimum Wage commencing September 2024.
“I know there’s a difference between minimum wage and salary increment. I said the act of the National Assembly made the minimum wage of 70,000 Naira to pay to the grade level one civil servant and it’s binding on everybody
“Ebonyi civil servants will be paid 70,000 minimum wages, as from the day the Head of Service and civil servants agree on the formula they present to me, we will pay.
“The minimum wage is not a salary increment; it’s not as if 70,000 Naira is going to be topped on everybody’s salary – it’s not possible; that’s not what minimum wage is all about.
“Minimum wage means what each person gets as he’s working; that’s what I define as a minimum wage, but if the act says the contrary, the position of the act will take effect. It’s not as if I am trying to make amendments to the act, but it’s stipulated 70,000 Naira as a minimum wage, and we are going to pay the 70,000 minimum wage”.
The Governor, however, frowned at the lackadaisical manner at which government projects awarded as contract to prominent leaders of the state were handled, especially the housing estates at Izo Autonomous Community in Ishielu Local Government.
He gave a marching order to the Commissioner for Housing to ensure the painting of the houses immediately.
He further called on the people of Ebonyi State not to hesitate to report government projects suffering delay by contractors, even as he said anyone working against his government is working against the interest of Izhi-Nnodo Ekumenyi.
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